Drift Away Lodge Playa Avellanas, CR

Drift Away Lodge is an operating 30-bed boutique resort on 5,000 m² in Playa Avellanas, a three-minute walk from the sand at Playa Lagartillo. It is really two properties in one: Side A with eight hotel rooms, four two-bedroom villas, the main pool, yoga shala and a 40-seat restaurant, and Side B with four duplexes, a two-bedroom house, a three-bedroom house and a second pool. The whole resort was built low-impact, with locally sourced and recycled materials and a UV-and-ionization pool system, and it is sold turnkey at $2,900,000.

Nestled in a tropical paradise full of shady palms, the 5000m2 resort currently has two sides to it.  Side A has 8 rooms (4 King, 2 Queen, 2 Double-Twins), 4 two-bedroom private villas, a large resort pool, an enclosed outdoor yoga shala, a large restaurant with outdoor dining area, a smoothie bar, air conditioned office space, and storage space for beach fun equipment.  Side B contains 4 duplexes each with single rooms, a 2 bedroom home, a 3 bedroom 2-story home, a second pool, all lushly landscaped. Total of 30 beds and 25 full bath and 4 half bath.

All of the accommodations are decorated in a clean and simple style with furniture made by local craftsmen, touches of driftwood, and accented with calming colors.  Each is outfitted with comfortable memory foam mattresses, plush hypo-allergenic feather pillows, air conditioning, a private bathroom, tables and chairs, and appliances for making tea or coffee.  The 2 twin rooms, 2 queen rooms and 4 king rooms have mini-fridges.  The 4 villas have 2 bedrooms each (1 king and 2 singles) and have stoves, refrigerators, and televisions.  Guests can enjoy their coffee from rocking chairs on the villa’s veranda!  All the linens are luxurious 100% organic cotton and the complimentary toiletries are organic and biodegradable.  High speed internet is available throughout the complex, and Netflix can be accessed on the TVs.

The open-air bar and restaurant seat up to 40 persons and are serviced by a spacious and well-equipped kitchen.  Your guests will enjoy lazy afternoons napping on the chaise lounges next to the royal blue pool, lulled to sleep by the sound of a waterfall.  They will find the tranquility they seek in the yoga and meditation shala or on the pristine sands of the beach just a 3-minute walk away.

There is a parking area for 10 vehicles, and bicycles for the use of guests come with the property.  Additional structures house a laundry, stockroom, employees’ dining room and living quarters, and there are 2 maintenance sheds.  Owner’s or manager’s quarters are over the reception area.

Why this property

Avellanas has a handful of small surf lodges but very few with this room count, two pools, a full restaurant kitchen and staff housing already in place. The owner's or manager's quarters sit above reception, there is parking for 10 vehicles, a laundry, stockroom and employee dining, and guest bicycles come with the sale. A buyer takes over a working business rather than a building project.

Getting around

The beach is a 3-minute walk. Tamarindo is about 30 minutes by road for supermarkets, banks and the domestic airstrip; Flamingo Marina is about 50 minutes. Liberia International Airport is about 1.5 hours.

This  turn-key boutique resort is ready and waiting to provide you with a home in paradise and the opportunity to share it with others. Make your dream come true and give us a call today for more information or to arrange a private showing!